VISION of APAMO
MISSION of APAMO
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and STAFF 2008 APAMO APAMO Financials MAP MAP
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7 About APAMO
APAMO’s Core Programs
8 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 2008
In 2006 the protected areas organizations came together and decided to form the Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations (APAMO) to address the growing threats to the integrity and proper management of Belize’s protected areas.
Under the leadership of Program for Belize’s Executive Director, Edilberto Romero, APAMO secured funding from the Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) and the Oak Foundation to establish and formalize the association. Funding was obtained by the end of 2006 and APAMO dedicated most of its efforts in developing its structure, its mission, vision and bylaws while simultaneously addressing some of the urgent issues.
The campaign that made the then Government to reverse its decision to sell part of the Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve and the commitment to halt the de-reservation of protected areas and the establishment of the National Protected Areas Commission (NPAC) are among some of APAMO’s success in 2007.
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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL:
Chairperson Edilberto Romero Council Members Executive Director Lindsay Garbutt Programme for Belize Executive Director #1 Eyre Street Friends of Nature Belize City, Belize Main Road Placencia Stann Creek District, Belize Vice Chairperson: Anna Dominguez Hoare Council Members: Executive Director Jessie Young Belize Audubon Society Director 12 Fort Street Community Baboon Sanctuary P. O. Box 1001 Women’s Conservation Group Belize City, Belize P.O. Box1428 Bermudan Landing Secretary: Burrel Boom Celia Mahung Belize District, Belize Executive Director Institute for Development and Council Member Environment Julian Lewis 1 mile San Antonio Road Founder and President P. O. Box 150 Friends of Gra Gra Lagoon Punta Gorda Town P.O. Box 223 Toledo, Belize Dangriga Town Stann Creek District, Belize Treasurer: Gregory Choc STAFF Executive Director Sarstoon Temash Institute Coordinator Yvette Alonzo for Indigenous Management #1 Eyre Street 6 Pampana Street Belize City, Belize P.O. 127
Punta Gorda Town Program Assistant Toledo, Belize Natalie Palacio
#1 Eyre Street
Belize City, Belize
APAMO Members 2008
APAMO is currently comprised of sixteen member organizations which manage 20 terrestrial protected areas (three of which are privately owned) and 9 marine protected areas. This represents a total area of 1.13 million areas or 42% of the area currently under protection.
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23 Financials January – December 2008
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26 Protected Areas Co-managed by APAMO Member Agencies
Organization Protected Areas Co-managed Area (acres) Steadfast Tourism and Conservation Association Billy Barquedeer National Park 1,639.1
Friends of Gra Gra Lagoon Conservation Group Gra Gra Lagoon National Park 1,319.7
Friends of Mayflower Bocawina National Park Mayflower Bocawina National Park 7,854.0
Rancho Dolores Environmental and Development Group Spanish Creek Wildlife Sanctuary 6,001.3
Friends of Swallow Caye Swallow Caye Wildlife Sanctuary 8,972.1
Forest and Marine Reserve Association of Caye Caulker Caye Caulker Marine Reserve 9,670.2
Forest and Marine Reserve Association of Caye Caulker Caye Caulker Forest Reserve 93.7 Aguacaliente Management Team Aguacaliente Wildlife Sanctuary 5,467.9 Community Baboon Sanctuary Women’s Conservation Community Baboon Sanctuary 12,980.1 Group Belize Audubon Society Guanacaste National Park 57.6 Belize Audubon Society St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park 664.5 Actun Tunichil Muknal Natural Belize Audubon Society 457.3 Monument Belize Audubon Society Blue Hole Natural Monument 1,023.1 Belize Audubon Society Half Moon Caye Natural Monument 9,770.9 Belize Audubon Society Victoria Peak Natural Monument 4,840.6 Belize Audubon Society Tapir Mountain Forest Reserve 6,299.6 Belize Audubon Society Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 122,260.1 Belize Audubon Society Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 36,479.3 Friends of Nature Laughing Bird Caye National Park 10,119.6 Friends of Nature Gladden Spit Marine Reserve 25,978.3 Friends of Nature Silk Cayes Marine Reserve 378.3
Toledo Institute for Development and Environment Payne’s Creek National Park 36,420.5
Toledo Institute for Development and Environment Port Honduras Marine Reserve 100,001.1
Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management Sarstoon Temash National Park 41,854.7
Friends of Conservation and Development Chiquibul National Park 264,003.3 Rio Bravo Conservation and Programme for Belize 259,205.7 Management Area Toledo Association for Sustainable Tourism and Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve 38,594.0 Empow erment Ya’axché Conservation Trust Golden Stream Corridor Preserve 15,038.1
Bladen Nature Reserve 99,673.8
Total 1,127,118.50
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MAP of Protected Areas Managed by APAMO Member Agencies
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MAP of Belize’s Protected Areas
N Archaeological Reserve Bird Sanctuary W E Forest Reserve Marine Reserve Marine Reserve: S Spaw ning Aggregation Natural Monument Nature Reserve Private Reserve Wildlife Sanctuary National Park
Map Prepared by Jan Meerman April 2005 Grid: UTM zone 16, NAD 1927 0102030Miles
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